Sunday, February 25, 2018
(revised 2/25/2018 for the purpose of Ancestry)
Robert Eugene Winters, born in Baxter Springs, Kansas to Tommy and Julia Winters on October 11, 1927, passed away peacefully on February 17, 2018, at the age of 90.
Robert, a World War II Veteran, served as a Private in the Army. He worked in the coal mines of Kansas prior to and shortly after his service. He earned the Victory Medal, the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany) and was honorably discharged in December 1946. Having his first 2 sons, Tommy and Danny with wife Geraldine, they then moved to California in 1955 where he worked at a variety of jobs, picking potatoes in Bakersfield, operating tractors in Reddings, moved to Compton and eventually began his career with General Motors as a high-low driver on the production line. Moving to Buena Park, and having another son, Timothy and then daughter Sandy.
Divorced, moved to Whittier then married Jacqueline who had a daughter, Debbie and they then had his 4th son, Steven. Robert retired to Camp Verde, Arizona in 1983 and moved to Lake Havasu City in 1990.
He is now rejoined with Jacqueline, who preceded him in death, in October of 2005 and his first wife Geraldine who died in August 2005.
He is survived by all his children Tommie Winters, Danny Winters, Timothy Fears, Sandy Duncan, Steven Winters, Debbi Minero, along with their spouses. Also he is survived by his sister Dorothy Bash. He has 13 Grandchildren and 13 Great Grandchildren, with his most recent born of February 6, 2018.
